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Band parents,

Are you looking for some extra music for your son or daughter?  Here are a few ideas I found on the web.  All music can be found at JWPEPPER.COM

 

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS CHRISTMAS FAVORITES
(Solos and Band Arrangements)
 
Look up Catalog # 5064779 – Price is $6.99

arr. Michael Sweeney
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.
Very Easy

Featuring 11 of the most popular holiday songs ever, each book contains a solo page with lyrics, plus a full band arrangement of each holiday song. The CD offers additional programming possibilities. Each song is correlated with a specific page of the band method, allowing students to progress logically from song to song as their technique grows! Songs include: Jingle Bells; Up on the Housetop; The Chanukah Song; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; A Holly, Jolly Christmas; Jingle Bell Rock; Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree; Frosty the Snowman; Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! and The Christmas Song.

 

CHRISTMAS INSTRUMENTAL SOLOS POPULAR SONGS
Look up Catalog # 10039404  – Price is $12.95

Various
ALFRED PUBLISHING

These arrangements are completely compatible with each of the other wind and brass books in this series and can be played together or as solos. Each book contains a fully orchestrated accompaniment CD. Titles include: Believe; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Jingle Bell Rock; O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum); Sleigh Ride; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Winter Wonderland; You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch; Do They Know It's Christmas?; Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town; Grown-Up Christmas List and Feliz Navidad.

 

FIRST CHRISTMAS GIG COMBO BOOKS, THE
Look up Catalog # 2348431  Price is $7.95

Andy Clark & Paul Clark
C.L. BARNHOUSE, INC.

"Ho! Ho! Ho!" This set of holiday combo books will put a twinkle in anyone's eye! The collection contains 12 charts that are easy enough for younger players, and we think even pros can make use of them... that's how good the arrangements are. Playable in any combination of horns and rhythm section, they're also great for jazz bands with instrumentation limitations. The CD recording provides both full performances and also "play-along" cuts. Songs include: Jingle Bells; Funky Old Saint Nick; Away in a Manger; Deck the Halls; Joy To the World; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Up on the Housetop; What Child Is This? Go Tell It on the Mountain; Angels We Have Heard On High; Silent Night and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

 

It's Christmas, Charlie Brown!
JAZZ PLAY ALONG VOLUME 66-A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
Look up Catalog # 10023734  Price is $16.99

Vince Guaraldi
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.

Everyone knows these fantastic titles from the Charlie Brown TV specials, and now here's a chance to play along and learn them with a professional rhythm section track! Titles include: Christmas Is Coming; The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire); Christmas Time Is Here; Linus and Lucy; My Little Drum; O Tannenbaum; Skating; and What Child Is This? For use with all Bb, Eb and C instruments.

 

JAZZ PLAY ALONG VOLUME 20-CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Look up Catalog # 10039434  Price is $14.95

Various Composers
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.

Here is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians! With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included CD, this package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. For Study: Each tune includes a split track with melody cue with proper style and inflection; professional rhythm tracks; choruses for soloing and removable bass and piano parts. For Performance: Each tune also has an additional full stereo accompaniment track with no melody and additional choruses for soloing. Includes: Away in a Manger; Go, Tell It on the Mountain; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Greensleeves; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear;Joy to the World; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem and Silent Night. For all Bb, Eb, C and Bass Clef Instruments.

 

JAZZ PLAY ALONG VOLUME 25-CHRISTMAS JAZZ
Look up Catalog # 2476901  Price is $16.95

Various Composers
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.

Now virtually any instrumentalist can enjoy ten of the most popular holiday classics and work on improvisation at the same time! The professionally recorded play-along CD can be used as a split-track with melody, without the bass or piano, or with rhythm section in stereo. Each song is notated as a jazz lead sheet, with melody, chord symbols, and room to improvise. Titles included are: Frosty the Snowman; The Christmas Song; (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays; I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Snowfall; The Christmas Waltz; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Silver Bells and Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. All the lyrics are included in the back pages of the book.

 

 

JAZZ PLAY ALONG VOLUME 38-YULETIDE JAZZ
Look up Catalog # 2479685  Price is $16.95

Various Composers
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.

Here's a great way to have Christmas and holiday music and study jazz improvisation skills all at once! For use with all C Treble, C Bass, Bb and Eb instruments, this book and CD package contains popular holiday favorites for personal enjoyment or performance. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices on the included CD, this unique package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before. Included are: Blue Christmas; Christmas Time Is Here; Happy Holiday; Merry Christmas, Darling; My Favorite Things; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town and more.

 

NEW APPROACH TO JAZZ IMPROVISATION VOLUME 78
(Jazz Holiday Classics)
Look up Catalog # 5597695  – Price is $15.90

Jamey Aebersold
JAMEY AEBERSOLD

Great jazz musicians have long enjoyed playing and recording the great holiday classics. These songs have withstood the test of time and have gained widespread and timeless popularity for their ability to inspire a sense of warmth and nostalgia. Titles include: We Three Kings; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Silent Night; Winter Wonderland; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Let It Snow; Sleigh Ride; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Auld Lang Syne. Book includes lyrics. Level: Intermediate.

 

ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS FAKE BOOK, THE
(Fourth Edition)
Look up Catalog # 4932752   – Price is $24.95

Various Composers
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.
Medium

Over 200 holiday songs are here, from traditional classics to contemporary favorites. Titles include: All Through the Night, Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, Blue Christmas, The Chipmunk Song, The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), Deck the Hall, The First Noel, Frosty the Snow Man, It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas, Jingle-Bell Rock, My Favorite Things, Nuttin' for Christmas, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and many more!

 

 

 


CUSD #95

Middle School North
FAA
Fine & Applied Arts
BOC
Band, Orchestra, & Chorus

Sponsor: M. Richter
Page Author: S. Stenzel
Webmaster: J. Platt
Created: October 9, 2007
Updated:Wednesday February 10, 2010